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    Vaio AR825E running Vista: any Blu-ray advantage to 3rd party App like PowerDVD?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by DaViD Boulet, Sep 11, 2008.

  1. DaViD Boulet

    DaViD Boulet Newbie

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    Or a full install of winDVD 9 + BD?

    Right now the laptop only outputs stereo over HDMI. I'd like to be able to at least output the 5.1 DTS or DD core stream, and a dream come true would be full lossless (though I doubt that the Sony's soundcard and HDMI can support it).

    Anyone upgrade their BD software beyond the built-in free install of winDVD +BD which has known limits?
     
    DaViD Boulet, Sep 11, 2008
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    grm0331 Newbie

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    I downloaded the trial version of PowerDVD Ultra. I was able to downconvert Dolby TrueHD to either DTS or DD. I never had a problem passing 5.1 to my receiver though. I have a FZ348e/b
     
    grm0331, Sep 14, 2008
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